Why, a fast changing world?

From now on I want to make a selection of interesting news which proof the fast changing society and technology. My only goal to do this is to make a short and selective overview of changes. I think it are all small or big evidences of the pace of change. When we are not aware of the change and have a vision and plan for it we loose the battle with our competitors. Here is a first selection of interesting facts of the last month. Sorry guys, the links 'read more' are in dutch. Information is from several sources like nu.nl, Marketingfacts, webwereld, Twinkle en zibb:

• KPN slows VOIP down. (February 2007). The demand for VOIP is too big for KPN, so the y have to slow it down. Reed more
• A quarter of the supermarket formulas will disappear. (February 2007). Over 8 years a quarter of all Dutch supermarket formulas will disappear. See also the report Vision on Food from Rabobank and Erasmus University. Reed more

- KPN stops in 2010 with fixed phone (February 2007). Read more

• Hilary Clinton wants to reach the Americans by (February 2007). New media is used to talk to Americans personally. Read more

- Sweden opens embassy in Second Life (January 2007). Sweden wants to be the first country with an embassy in SecondLife. Read more

• More and more theft in virtual worlds (January 2007). Read more
• Consumers will take over the power via internet(February 2007). According to an survey of Webwereld the internet is an essential part of life.We even become more and more powerfull by the internet. Read more
• More and more youngsters with high educations 'throw away' the television. (February 2007). Many of the youngsters watch the television via the internet. Read more

- peer-to-peer banking also in The Netherlands(February 2007). Peer-2-peer banking now reached The Netherlands. Read more

• Test with paying with your mobile phone starts in supermarkets (January 2007). Read more
• Mijnprivacy.nl informs the public about the usage of privacy sensitive data (January 2007). What happens with privacy sensitive information. You can see it at the site mijnprivacy.nl
• Search via your mobile has grows exponential. (January 2006). According to a survey from Mobile People we use our phones more often to do searches on the internet.
• Online sales of digital content rises for the next 5 years till 400 percent. (January 2007). Survey of the European Committee showed that income from online sales rise till 8,3 billion Euro in 2010 in Europa. Read more
• In 2011 approximately 40 percent of the offline sales will be influenced by online surfing and information gathering. (January 2007). This according to JupiterResearch. Read more
• Multichannel consumer less loyal. (January 2007) According to Gartner consumers who use different media are less loyal. Read more
• Strongest growth internet usage in China. (January 2007). In 2009 China can become even bigger in internet usage then the Americans. Read more
• The number of banks reduces because if banking via the internet (February 2007). The number of banks in the physical world reduced the passed 10 years with 40 percent. Read more
• Journalist have to blog or they loose the job (January 2007). Read more

Need I say more...no future but a selection of today's news. We cannot deny it ...the world will be totally different in 2020 and we have to prepare for it today. I will track changes like this ways (by the news) and will make more posts like this. What is your most interesting newsflash which proves our changing world?